• Health & Medicine

Can regularly checking your breasts save your life?

1 August 2008

• Health & Medicine

Raising awareness of cancer among black and minority ethnic communities

Sir Trevor Macdonald is calling on Britain's cancer community to help raise levels of awareness about the disease that cuts a swathe through the country's Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities as much as it hits the rest of the population. Sir Trevor Macdonald is calling on Britain's cancer community to help raise levels of awareness about the disease that cuts a swathe through the country's Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities as much as it hits the rest of the population.

7 July 2008

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• Health & Medicine

Using breast cancer genes to improve screening

26 June 2008

• Health & Medicine

Genetic profiling for breast cancer on the horizon

Cancer Research UK scientists have shown that it may soon be possible to offer women a genetic test to assess their risk of breast cancer which could aid early diagnosis for those at high risk of the disease. Their findings are revealed in the New England Journal of Medicine* today (Wednesday). Cancer Research UK scientists have shown that it may soon be possible to offer women a genetic test to assess their risk of breast cancer which could aid early diagnosis for those at high risk of the disease. Their findings are revealed in the New England Journal of Medicine* today (Wednesday).

25 June 2008

Body's baking soda used to catch cancer early

A chemical commonly called baking soda which is found naturally in the body could be used to detect cancer with magnetic resonance imaging, reveals a Cancer Research UK study published in Nature* today (Wednesday). A chemical commonly called baking soda which is found naturally in the body could be used to detect cancer with magnetic resonance imaging, reveals a Cancer Research UK study published in Nature* today (Wednesday).

28 May 2008

• Health & Medicine

Researchers launch lung cancer screening trial

Scientists are testing a new way of detecting lung cancer at an early stage in people at greatest risk of developing the disease. Scientists are testing a new way of detecting lung cancer at an early stage in people at greatest risk of developing the disease.

8 May 2008

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Alarming confusion about cancer screening

Less than one in five people can name the three cancers screened for by the NHS screening programme - new figures reveal today. Less than one in five people can name the three cancers screened for by the NHS screening programme - new figures reveal today.

27 February 2008

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Black women get breast cancer two decades earlier than white women

Black British women in Hackney, East London, are diagnosed with breast cancer 21 years younger than white British women, according to a Cancer Research UK study published online in the British Journal of Cancer. Black British women in Hackney, East London, are diagnosed with breast cancer 21 years younger than white British women, according to a Cancer Research UK study published online in the British Journal of Cancer.

16 January 2008

• Health & Medicine

PM announces NHS shift towards screening

9 January 2008

• Health & Medicine

Breast cancer screening cuts mortality by half

Breast cancer screening in East Anglia has reduced deaths from the disease by nearly half, according to a study published in the British Journal of Cancer today. Breast cancer screening in East Anglia has reduced deaths from the disease by nearly half, according to a study published in the British Journal of Cancer today.

8 January 2008

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New imaging technique could establish early on if a cancer patient's treatment is working

A cutting edge technique that boosts the sensitivity of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) more than 10,000 fold could allow cancer patients to find out within days of starting treatment how their tumours are likely to respond - a Cancer Research UK study published in Nature Medicine has revealed. A cutting edge technique that boosts the sensitivity of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) more than 10,000 fold could allow cancer patients to find out within days of starting treatment how their tumours are likely to respond - a Cancer Research UK study published in Nature Medicine has revealed.

29 November 2007

• Health & Medicine

The ‘cervical cancer’ vaccine

26 October 2007